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Desroko on 29 April 2008
superchunk said:
Words Of Wisdom said:

Of course professional services are going to be better than WiiFit, people are foolish to believe otherwise.

The fact that those places are losing business to WiiFit is hilarious and sad.

 Yeah, anyone thinking Wii Fit can replace a gym is either not using the gym for what it is actually for or just naive. Even Nintendo would tell you that.

 


And of course, anyone who thinks a gym is necessary for physical fitness is naive as well.



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Words Of Wisdom on 29 April 2008
guild525 said:
Lol, that's kinda funny, Wii fit taps into a new market...

No, I'm pretty sure there were stupid people before WiiFit.



famousringo on 29 April 2008

I'd be curious to know how often those customers used the fitness centre. There are a lot of people with gym memberships who never get around to going in.

I can see somebody getting better results from using Wii Fit two hours a week than going to a gym for two hours a month.



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Words Of Wisdom on 29 April 2008
famousringo said:
I'd be curious to know how often those customers used the fitness centre. There are a lot of people with gym memberships who never get around to going in.

I can see somebody getting better results from using Wii Fit two hours a week than going to a gym for two hours a month.

If someone doesn't have the discipline to continue a gym exercise routine, what makes you think they'll do so with WiiFit when they could be playing other games instead?



Gamerace on 29 April 2008

Ironically, I hoping WiiFit can get my workout routine consistant enough it's worthwhile to join a gym again. I wonder if this bad press will actually help WiiFit sales.



 

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Komodo on 29 April 2008

Just wait till that 9% see the other 91% at the weekend and tell them why...



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dib8rman on 29 April 2008

lol hello words of wisdom:

1. http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/03/me-and-wii-fit.html

2. http://digg.com/nintendo/It_s_Shocking_We_re_Pissed_Wii_Fit_Sorta_Works

3. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2008-02-21-wii-fit-gdc_N.htm

Ok, ok, well yea fine your right, exherting your body in ways that traditional exercises would wont work to build continuity regardless of the reward incentive from playing a video game.

People love to do things that are fun, exercising at a gym isn't until you get friends at the gym, if Wiifit had online multiplayer I would probably do back flips.

I read this autobiography of a guy who used it for 3 months to lose his weight, his goal was to lose it before his marriage. (He married some hawt asian woman.)

I'm not getting it though... maybe another time, I'm too hardcore for that piece of plastic.



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WiiBox3 on 29 April 2008

Interesting, Nintendo has said that WiiFit is meant to help you become more aware of your body and it is not a replacement for other types of exercise.



bigjon on 29 April 2008

I can see how it would hurt attendence in areobics classes... not much else.



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Words Of Wisdom on 29 April 2008
dib8rman said:
lol hello words of wisdom:

1. http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/03/me-and-wii-fit.html

2. http://digg.com/nintendo/It_s_Shocking_We_re_Pissed_Wii_Fit_Sorta_Works

3. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2008-02-21-wii-fit-gdc_N.htm

Ok, ok, well yea fine your right, exherting your body in ways that traditional exercises would wont work to build continuity regardless of the reward incentive from playing a video game.

People love to do things that are fun, exercising at a gym isn't until you get friends at the gym, if Wiifit had online multiplayer I would probably do back flips.

I read this autobiography of a guy who used it for 3 months to lose his weight, his goal was to lose it before his marriage. (He married some hawt asian woman.)

I'm not getting it though... maybe another time, I'm too hardcore for that piece of plastic.

There is far more to physical fitness than merely losing weight.  You can stop eating for a week and certainly lose weight that way (though it may have a few minor negative side effects).  It's a mixture of activity and diet.

To me it's like those cereal commercials that always end with "as part of a balanced breakfast" which ends up being highly misleading as many cereals can actually be quite bad for you since by themselves they are not a balanced breakfast.  Losing weight with WiiFit could probably be done.  Losing weight without WiiFit could also probably be done just as easily.